Saturday, April 19, 2008

I've been tagged!

So, I've been tagged by Sheri (sheriperloshins.blogspot.com). Here are the rules:

Grab the nearest book.

Open to page 123.

Find the fifth sentence.

Post the next three sentences.

Tag five people

However, Sheri has suggested a twist on the game. She suggested we post the sentences mentioned above from our own WIP, page 30, or page 3 for picture books. So here is mine, from my middle grade novel.

“Really?” She looked so happy at that moment, I almost felt guilty for the trouble I planned to cause her.Almost.

“Thank you for your help, Lena.”

“It’s my pleasure.”I pointed to the problems and explained how to do them.She nodded in all the right places and continued working on the page.

“That’s right,” I encouraged.Then I watched her spend the next half hour doing her homework all wrong.

6 comments:

I played the original version before you tagged me. But...this version...

I don't have 30 pages in my WIP. This story is being written out of order. My ms is in such disarray that I only have 2 decent pages. I do have my finished book. I could use page 123 or page 30 from that book.

Wow! I love this game! Can I post my novel under contract? I'll hope so, so here's something from page 30:

“I think my mother is alive,” I blurted.His face registered confusion. “What?”“She’s alive. I believe it. She’s run away. She was always a little bohemian.” I waved my hand, as if this news was nothing.Edward’s expression moved from confusion to shock. “That’s, that’s…”“Wonderful,” I finished. I waited to see if he would agree.

Hey Dawn, Thanks for playing the OUR BOOK Meme Game. I loved your excerpt - so is she helping her do her homework all wrong? I wonder why. I wonder what the other girl did. I love your passage. It definitely makes me want to read more.

I'm glad you liked it and want to read more-that's what the goal is, isn't it?My novel is about a pre-teen girl who is grieving her sister's death, and now has to deal with a newly adopted Rwandan sister who has baggage of her own. (There's a lot more to the story, but I haven't managed to write a decent synopsis yet!)